1999 NHL entry draft

1999 NHL entry draft
General information
Date(s)	June 26, 1999
Location	Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
First selection	Patrik Stefan

The 1999 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 26 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. According to Sports Illustrated and other sports news agencies, at the time the 1999 draft was considered one of the deepest in talent in years, headed by Patrik Stefan and the Sedin twins. However, the overall impact in the NHL hasn't matched those of the neighbouring drafts. An example of this one is how many first round picks have played the equivalent of an entire regular season ten seasons after the 1999 draft; only 16 out of 28 first round picks in 1999 have played 82 NHL games, while the same statistic applies to 23 out of 27 players in 1998 and 21 out of 30 players in 2000. In addition, while the Sedin twins have excelled in the NHL, only six of the other 26 first-round picks are still active in the NHL (with one of the six on a two-way contract) as of the beginning of the 2010-11 NHL season. In addition, the team that originally held the #1 overall pick, the Tampa Bay Lightning, traded out of the first round altogether in the trading carousel used to select the Sedins. The draft's best players besides the Sedin twins include Buffalo's Ryan Miller who was selected 138th overall (fifth round), Ryan Malone who was selected 115th overall (fourth round), and Henrik Zetterberg who was selected 210th overall (seventh round). Zetterberg is the lowest NHL Draft pick to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Selections by round

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Selections by round:

• Round one
• Round two
• Round three
• Round four
• Round five
• Round six
• Round seven
• Round eight
• Round nine

Round one

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
1	Patrik Stefan (Centre)	Czech Republic	Atlanta Thrashers	Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL)
2	Daniel Sedin (Left Wing)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	MoDo Hockey (Sweden)
3	Henrik Sedin (Centre)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	MoDo Hockey (Sweden)
4	Pavel Brendl (Right Wing)	Czech Republic	New York Rangers from Chicago via Tampa Bay Lightning via Vancouver	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5	Tim Connolly (Centre)	United States	New York Islanders	Erie Otters (OHL)
6	Brian Finley (Goaltender)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Barrie Colts (OHL)
7	Kris Beech (Centre)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
8	Taylor Pyatt (Left Wing)	Canada	New York Islanders	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9	Jamie Lundmark (Centre)	Canada	New York Rangers	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
10	Branislav Mezei (Defence)	Slovakia	New York Islanders from Montreal	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
11	Oleg Saprykin (Centre)	Russia	Calgary Flames	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
12	Denis Shvidki (Right Wing)	Ukraine	Florida Panthers	Barrie Colts (OHL)
13	Jani Rita (Right Wing)	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	Jokerit Helsinki (Finland)
14	Jeff Jillson (Defence)	United States	San Jose Sharks	University of Michigan (CCHA)
15	Scott Kelman (Centre)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
16	David Tanabe (Defence)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA)
17	Barret Jackman (Defence)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Regina Pats (WHL)
18	Konstantin Koltsov (Left Wing)	Belarus	Pittsburgh Penguins	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
19	Kirill Safronov (Defence)	Russia	Phoenix Coyotes	SKA St. Petersburg (Russia)
20	Barrett Heisten (Left Wing)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	University of Maine (Hockey East)
21	Nick Boynton (Defence)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
22	Maxime Ouellet (Goaltender)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
23	Steve McCarthy (Defence)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
24	Luca Cereda (Centre)	Switzerland	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland)
25	Mikhail Kuleshov (Left Wing)	Russia	Colorado Avalanche	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
26	Martin Havlat (Centre)	Czech Republic	Ottawa Senators	HC Ocelari Trinec (Czech Republic)
27	Ari Ahonen (Goaltender)	Finland	New Jersey Devils	JYP (Finland)
28	Kristian Kudroc (Defence)	Slovakia	New York Islanders	Michalovce (Slovakia)

Round two

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
29	Michal Sivek (Centre)	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	HC Velvana Kladno (Czech Republic)
30	Luke Sellars (Defence)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
31	Charlie Stephens (Centre)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Guelph (OHL)
32	Michael Ryan	United States	Dallas Stars	Boston College H.S.
33	Jonas Andersson	Sweden	Nashville Predators	AIK Solna Jr. (Sweden)
34	Ross Lupaschuk	Canada	Washington Capitals	Prince Albert (Western Hockey League)
35	Milan Bartovic	Slovakia	Buffalo Sabres	Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovakia)
36	Alexei Semenov	Russia	Edmonton Oilers	Sudbury (OHL)
37	Nolan Yonkman	Canada	Washington Capitals	Kelowna (WHL)
38	Dan Cavanaugh	United States	Calgary Flames	Boston University
39	Alexander Buturlin	Russia	Montreal Canadiens	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
40	Alex Auld	Canada	Florida Panthers	North Bay (OHL)
41	Tony Salmelainen	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	HIFK Helsinki (Finland)
42	Mike Commodore	Canada	New Jersey Devils	North Dakota University
43	Andrei Shefer	Russia	Los Angeles Kings	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
44	Jordan Leopold	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	University of Minnesota
45	Martin Grenier	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Quebec (QMJHL)
46	Dmitri Levinski	Kazakhstan	Chicago Blackhawks	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
47	Sheldon Keefe	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Barrie (OHL)
48	Simon Lajeunesse	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Moncton (QMJHL)
49	Brett Lysak	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Regina (WHL)
50	Brett Clouthier	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Kingston (OHL)
51	Matt Murley	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Renseller Polytechnical Institute
52	Adam Hall	United States	Nashville Predators	Michigan State University
53	Brad Ralph	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Oshawa (OHL)
54	Andrew Hutchinson	United States	Nashville Predators	Michigan State University
55	Doug Janik	United States	Buffalo Sabres	University of Maine
56	Matt Zultek	Canada	Boston Bruins	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
57	Jeremy Van Hoof	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
58	Matt Carkner	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Peterborough (OHL)
59	David Inman	Canada	New York Rangers	University of Notre Dame
60	Peter Reynolds	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHL)
61	Ed Hill	United States	Nashville Predators	Barrie Colts (OHL)
62	Teemu Sainomaa	Finland	Ottawa Senators	Jokerit Helsinki Jr. (Finland)
63	Stepan Mokhov	Kazakhstan	Chicago Blackhawks	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
64	Michael Zigomanis	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Kingston (OHL)
65	Jan Lasak	Czech Republic	Nashville Predators	HKM Zvolen (Slovakia)
66	Dan Jancevski	Canada	Dallas Stars	London (OHL)

Round three

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
67.	Evgeny Konstantinov	Russia	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ital Kazan 2 (Russia)
68.	Zdenek Blatny	Czech Republic	Atlanta Thrashers	Seattle (WHL)
69.	Rene Vydareny	Slovakia	Vancouver Canucks	Bratislava Jr. (Slovakia)
70.	Niklas Hagman	Finland	Florida Panthers	HIFK Helsinki (Finland)
71.	Jason Jaspers	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Sudbury (OHL)
72.	Brett Angel	Canada	Nashville Predators	North Bay (OHL)
73.	Tim Preston	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Seattle (WHL)
74.	Jason Crain	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Ohio State University
75.	Brett Scheffelmaier	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Medicine Hat (WHL)
76.	Frantisek Kaberle	Czech Republic	Los Angeles Kings	MoDo Ornskoldsvik (Sweden)
77.	Craig Anderson	United States	Calgary Flames	Guelph (OHL)
78.	Mattias Weinhandl	Sweden	New York Islanders	Toja-Ljungby (Sweden)
79.	Johan Asplund	Sweden	New York Rangers	Brynas Gavel (Sweden)
80.	Jean-Francois Laniel	Canada	Florida Panthers	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
81.	Adam Hauser	United States	Edmonton Oilers	University of Minnesota
82.	Mark Concannon	United States	San Jose Sharks	Winchendon H. S.
83.	Niclas Havelid	Sweden	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Malmo (Sweden)
84.	Brad Fast	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Prince George Tier 2 (BCJHL)
85.	Peter Smrek	Slovakia	St. Louis Blues	Des Moines Jr. A.
86.	Sebastien Caron	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Rimouski (QMJHL)
87.	Brian Collins	United States	New York Islanders	St. John's H. S.
88.	Jimmie Olvestad	Sweden	Tampa Bay Lightning	Djurgarden Stockholm (Sweden)
89.	Kyle Wanvig	Canada	Boston Bruins	Kootenay (BCJHL)
90.	Patrick Aufiero	United States	New York Rangers	Boston University
91.	Mike Comrie	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Michigan University
92.	Cory Campbell	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Belleville (OHL)
93.	Branko Radivojevic	Slovakia	Colorado Avalanche	Belleville (OHL)
94.	Chris Kelly	Canada	Ottawa Senators	London (OHL)
95.	Andre Lakos	Austria	New Jersey Devils	Barrie (OHL)
96.	Mathias Tjarnqvist	Sweden	Dallas Stars	Rogle Angelholm (Sweden)

Round four

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
97.	Chris Dyment	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Boston University
98.	David Kaczowka	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Seattle (WHL)
99.	Rob Zepp	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Plymouth (OHL)
100.	Teemu Kesa	Finland	New Jersey Devils	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
101.	Juraj Kolnik	Slovakia	New York Islanders	Rimouski (QMJHL)
102.	Johan Halvardsson	Sweden	New York Islanders	HV 71 Jonkoping (Sweden)
103.	Morgan McCormick	Canada	Florida Panthers	Kingston (OHL)
104.	Brian McGrattan	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Sudbury (OHL)
105.	Alexander Chagodayev	Russia	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
106.	Rail Rozakov	Russia	Calgary Flames	Lada Togliatti 2 (Russia)
107.	Evan Lindsay	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Prince Albert (WHL)
108.	Mirko Murovic	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Moncton (QMJHL)
109.	Rod Sarich	Canada	Florida Panthers	Calgary (WHL)
110.	Jonathan Zion	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ottawa (OHL)
111.	Willie Levesque	United States	San Jose Sharks	Northeastern University (NCAA)
112.	Sanny Lindstrom	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	Huddinge (Sweden)
113.	Ryan Murphy	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Bowling Green University (NCAA)
114.	Chad Starling	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Kamloops (WHL)
115.	Ryan Malone	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Omaha Jr. A.
116.	Ryan Lauzon	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Hull (QMJHL)
117.	Karel Mosovsky	Czech Republic	Buffalo Sabres	Regina (WHL)
118.	Jaakko Harikkala	Finland	Boston Bruins	Lukko Rauma (Finland)
119.	Jeff Feniak	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Calgary (WHL)
120.	Jari Tolsa	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Vastra Frolunda Jr. (Sweden)
121.	Evgeny Pavlov	Russia	Nashville Predators	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
122.	Kristian Kovac	Slovakia	Colorado Avalanche	HC Kosice Jr. (Slovakia)
123.	Preston Mizzi	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Peterborough (OHL)
124.	Alexander Krevsun	Russia	Nashville Predators	CSK WS Samara (Russia)
125.	Daniel Johansson	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	MoDo Ornskoldsvik (Sweden)
126.	Jeff Bateman	Canada	Dallas Stars	Brampton (OHL)

Round five

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
127.	Kaspars Astashenko	Latvia	Tampa Bay Lightning	Cincinnati (IHL)
128.	Derek MacKenzie	-	Atlanta Thrashers	Sudbury (OHL)
129.	Ryan Thorpe	-	Vancouver Canucks	Spokane (WHL)
130.	Justin Mapletoft	-	New York Islanders	Red Deer (WHL)
131.	Konstantin Panov	-	Nashville Predators	Kamloops (WHL)
132.	Roman Tvrdon	-	Washington Capitals	Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovakia)
133.	Jean-Francois Nogues	-	Los Angeles Kings	Victoriaville (QMJHL)
134.	Michael Jacobsen	-	Chicago Blackhawks	Belleville (OHL)
135.	Matt Doman	-	Calgary Flames	University of Wisconsin
136.	Dustin Jamieson	-	Montreal Canadiens	Sarnia (OHL)
137.	Garret Bembridge	-	New York Rangers	Saskatoon (WHL)
138.	Ryan Miller	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Soo Indians
139.	Jonathon Fauteux	-	Edmonton Oilers	Val D'Or (QMJHL)
140.	Adam Johnson	-	New York Islanders	Greenway H. S.
141.	Maxim Rybin	-	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Sparkak Moscow (Russia)
142.	William Magnuson	-	Colorado Avalanche	Lake Superior State University
143.	Trevor Byrne	-	St. Louis Blues	Deerfield Academy
144.	Tomas Skvarildlo	-	Pittsburgh Penguins	HKM Zvolen Jr. (Slovakia)
145.	Marc-Andre Thinel	-	Montreal Canadiens	Victoriaville (QMJHL)
146.	Matthew Kinch	-	Buffalo Sabres	Calgary (WHL)
147.	Seamus Kotyk	-	Boston Bruins	Ottawa (OHL)
148.	Michal Lanicek	-	Tampa Bay Lightning	Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech Republic)
149.	Andrei Maximenko	-	Detroit Red Wings	Soviet Wings (Russia)
150.	Matt Shasby	-	Montreal Canadiens	Des Moines Jr. A.
151.	Vaclav Zavoral	-	Toronto Maple Leafs	HC Chernopetrol Litvinov Jr. (Czech Republic)
152.	Jordan Krestanovich	-	Colorado Avalanche	Calgary (WHL)
153.	Jesse Cook	-	Calgary Flames	University of Denver (NCAA)
154.	Andrew Ianiero	-	Ottawa Senators	Kingston (OHL)
155.	Niko Dimitrakos	-	San Jose Sharks	University of Maine (NCAA)
156.	Gregor Baumgartner	-	Dallas Stars	Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
157.	Vladimir Malenkykh	-	Pittsburgh Penguins	Lada Togliatti (Russia)

Round six

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
158.	Anders Lövhdahl	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	HV71 (Sweden)
159.	Yuri Dobryshkin	Russia	Atlanta Thrashers
160.	Konstantin Rudenko	Russia	Philadelphia Flyers
161.	Jan Sochor	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs
162.	Timo Helbling	Switzerland	Nashville Predators
163.	Björn Melin	Sweden	New York Islanders	HV71 (Sweden)
164.	Martin Prusek	Czech Republic	Ottawa Senators
165.	Michael Leighton	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks
166.	Cory Pecker	Canada	Calgary Flames
167.	Sean Dixon	Canada	Montreal Canadiens
168.	Erik Lewerström	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes	Grums IK (Sweden)
169.	Brad Woods	Canada	Florida Panthers
170.	Matt Underhill	Canada	Calgary Flames
171.	Chris Legg	Canada	Edmonton Oilers
172.	Josh Reed	Canada	Vancouver Canucks
173.	Jan Sandström	Sweden	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	AIK Ishockey (Sweden)
174.	Damian Surma	United States	Carolina Hurricanes
175.	Kyle Clark	United States	Washington Capitals
176.	Doug Meyer	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins
177.	Jay Dardis	United States	New York Rangers
178.	Seneque Hyacinthe	Canada	Buffalo Sabres
179.	Don Choukalos	Canada	Boston Bruins
180.	Tore Vikingstad	Norway	St. Louis Blues	Färjestads BK (Sweden)
181.	Kent McDonell	Canada	Detroit Red Wings
182.	Fedor Fedorov	Russia	Tampa Bay Lightning
183.	Riku Hahl	Finland	Colorado Avalanche	HPK (Finland)
184.	Justin Cox	Canada	Dallas Stars
185.	Scott Cameron	Canada	New Jeresey Devils
186.	Brett Draney	Canada	Dallas Stars

Round seven

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
187.	Ivan Rachunek	-	Tampa Bay Lightning
188.	Stephen Baby	-	Atlanta Thrashers
189.	Kevin Swanson	-	Vancouver Canucks
190.	Blair Stayzer	-	Calgary Flames
191.	Martin Erat	-	Nashville Predators
192.	David Johansson	-	Washington Capitals
193.	Kevin Baker	-	Los Angeles Kings
194.	Mattias Wennerberg	-	Chicago Blackhawks
195.	Yorick Treille	-	Chicago Blackhawks
196.	Vadim Tarasov	-	Montreal Canadiens
197.	Arto Laatikainen	-	New York Rangers
198.	Travis Eagles	-	Florida Panthers
199.	Christian Chartier	-	Edmonton Oilers
200.	Pavel Kasparik	-	Philadelphia Flyers
201.	Mikko Ruutu	-	Ottawa Senators
202.	Jim Baxter	-	Carolina Hurricanes
203.	Phil Osaer	-	St. Louis Blues
204.	Tom Kostopoulos	-	Pittsburgh Penguins
205.	Kyle Kettles	-	Nashville Predators
206.	Bret Dececco	-	Buffalo Sabres
207.	Greg Barber	-	Boston Bruins
208.	Vaclav Pletka	-	Philadelphia Flyers
209.	Layne Ulmer	-	Ottawa Senators
210.	Henrik Zetterberg	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings
211.	Vladimir Kulkov	-	Toronto Maple Leafs
212.	Radim Vrbata	-	Colorado Avalanche
213.	Alexandre Giroux	-	Ottawa Senators
214.	Chris Hartsburg	-	New Jersey Devils
215.	Jeff MacMillan	-	Dallas Stars

Round eight

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
216.	Erkki Rajamaki	-	Tampa Bay Lightning
217.	Garnet Exelby	-	Atlanta Thrashers
218.	Markus Kankaanpera	-	Vancouver Canucks
219.	Maxim Orlov	-	Washington Capitals
220.	Miroslav Durak	-	Nashville Predators
221.	Colin Hemingway	-	St. Louis Blues
222.	George Parros	-	Los Angeles Kings
223.	Andrew Carver	-	Chicago Blackhwaks
224.	David Nystrom	-	Philadelphia Flyers
225.	Mikko Hyytia	-	Montreal Canadiens
226.	Evgeny Gusakov	-	New York Rangers
227.	Jonathan Charron	-	Florida Panthers
228.	Radek Martinek	-	New York Islanders
229.	Eric Betournay	-	San Jose Sharks
230.	Petr Tenkrat	-	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
231.	David Evans	-	Carolina Hurricanes
232.	Alexander Khavanov	-	St. Louis Blues
233.	Darcy Robinson	-	Pittsburgh Penguins
234.	Goran Bezina	-	Phoenix Coyotes
235.	Brad Self	-	Buffalo Sabres
236.	John Cronin	-	Boston Bruins
237.	Antti Jokela	-	Carolina Hurricanes
238.	Anton Borodkin	-	Detroit Red Wings
239.	Pierre Hedin	-	Toronto Maple Leafs
240.	Jeff Finger	-	Colorado Avalanche
241.	Douglas Murray	-	San Jose Sharks
242.	Justin Dziama	-	New Jersey Devils
243.	Brian Sullivan	-	Dallas Stars

Round nine

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
244.	Mikko Kuparinen	-	Tampa Bay Lightning
245.	Tommi Santala	-	Atlanta Thrashers
246.	Ray DiLauro	-	Atlanta Thrashers
247.	Mikko Eloranta	-	Boston Bruins
248.	Darren Haydar	-	Nashville Predators
249.	Igor Shadilov	-	Washington Capitals
250.	Noah Clarke	-	Los Angeles Kings
251.	Peter Henking	-	New York Rangers
252.	Dimitri Kirilenko	-	Calgary Flames
253.	Daniel Rineer	-	Montreal Canadiens
254.	Alexei Bulatov	-	New York Rangers
255.	Brett Henning	-	New York Islanders
256.	Tomas Groschl	-	Edmonton Oilers
257.	Hannes Hyvonen	-	San Jose Sharks
258.	Brian Gornick	-	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
259.	Yauhenni Kurilin	-	Carolina Hurricanes
260.	Brian McMeekin	-	St. Louis Blues
261.	Andrew McPherson	-	Pittsburgh Penguins
262.	Alexei Litvinenko	-	Phoenix Coyotes
263.	Craig Brunel	-	Buffalo Sabres
264.	Georgijs Pujacs	-	Boston Bruins
265.	Jamie Chamberlain	-	Dallas Stars
266.	Ken Davis	-	Detroit Red Wings
267.	Peter Metcalf	-	Toronto Maple Leafs
268.	Tyler Scott	-	New York Islanders
269.	Konstantin Gorovikov	-	Ottawa Senators
270.	James Desmarais	-	St. Louis Blues
271.	Darrell Hay	-	Vancouver Canucks
272.	Mihail Donika	-	Dallas Stars

See also

• 1999 NHL Expansion Draft
• 1999–2000 NHL season
• List of NHL first overall draft choices
• List of NHL players

References

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Total Sports Publishing.

External links

• hockeydb.com: 1999 draft